Bouquet-holder



(No Model.)

M. L. GARDELL.

. BOUQUET HOLDER.

No. 331,614. Patented Dec. 1, 1885.

- WITNESSES 1.7V V'EJV' TOR UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

MORTON L. OARDELL, OF HANCOCK, MICHIGAN.

BOUQUET-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 331,614, dated December 1, 1885. Application filed September 7, 1885. Serial No. 176,404. (No model.)

To (1% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORTON L. OARDELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hancock, in the county of Houghton and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bouquet-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bouquet-holder. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention relates to bouquet-holders of that class which are adapted to be applied to the lappels of gentlemens coats; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity of construction, as well as inexpensiveness, and general convenience and efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction of the said device, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates a fiat vessel, constructed of glass, cellu loid, rubber, sheet metal, or any other suitable material, which is provided at its upper rear edge with an upwardly-extending flat lip, B, the sides of which have notches O O, registering with or located directly above the upper edge of the said vessel A. The upper front edge of the vessel A has a downturned lip, D, the lower end of which is slightly turned in an outward direction, and the front side of which has indentations E E, forming projections F, upon the rear side of the said 5 lip, which shall be adapted to engage and hold the device in place upon the coat-lappel on which it may be adjusted.

G designates a small rubber band or strap, which is slipped over the lip B, and adjusted in the notches O O in the sides of the latter.

The operation of this invention and its advantages will be readily understood from the foregoing description, and by reference to the drawings hereto annexed.

The invention is an improvement on the bouquet-holder for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 314,426 were granted to me on the 24th day of March, 1885. By the construction shown and claimed in the said patent the device was made comparatively bulky, and the rubber strap for holding the bouquet was not retained in place with the de sired degree of security. The cost of mannfacture was also excessive.

By the improved construction herein shown and described I am enabled to manufacture and place on the market a superior article at a very moderate cost, and thus to meet the demands of the trade.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The bouquet-holder herein described, consisting of the vesselA, having upon one side the vertically-extended lip B, provided with side notches, O, carrying a band, G, and upon the opposite side a downwardly-bent lip, D, provided with projections F on the inner side, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MORTON L. OARDELL. 

